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Lukas Podolski

Born: June 4, 1985 (age 27), Gliwice
Height: 1.82 m
Spouse: Monika Puchalski (m. 2011)
Salary: 7 million GBP (2012)
Teams: Germany national football team (#10 / Forward), Arsenal F.C. (#9 / Forward)
Nationality: Polish, German​

Personal life [edit]

Podolski was born to Waldemar Podolski and Krystyna Podolska, a former member of the Poland national handball team in the Silesian industrial town of Gliwice (near Katowice), Poland.[5]
In 1987, when Podolski was two years old, his family emigrated from Poland to West Germany and were given Aussiedler status as a result of his paternal grandparents having German citizenship prior to World War II (Gliwice had until 1945 been a part of Germany as Gleiwitz).[6] Podolski grew up in Bergheim, North Rhine-Westphalia, and later in Pulheim, both near Cologne.[7]
Podolski holds both German and Polish nationality, but has stated that he does not have a Polish passport.[8][9][10] In an interview Podolski said that the Polish Football Association never cared about him until he started playing for the German under-21 team and received coverage in the media. At that point, Podolski arrived at the decision, but nevertheless "there are two hearts beating" in his chest.[8] Podolski's longtime girlfriend Monika Puchalski gave birth to their first child, Louis Gabriel Podolski, on 14 April 2008.[11][12] In April 2011, the couple married in a civil ceremony in Cologne, Germany.[13] In June 2011, they had a church wedding in Kamionna, Węgrów County, Poland.[14] Podolski is a fan of KS Górnik Zabrze.[15]
During the Euro 2012, Podolski teamed up with Cologne band Brings to provide backing vocals on a Europop track called 'Halleluja'.[16]



International career [edit]

Podolski in action for Germany in 2009.Podolski warming up before a Germany match in 2011
International debut and breakthrough [edit]
In late 2003, after several impressive performances in his first few Bundesliga games, Polish media suggested then-Polish national team coach Paweł Janas should check Podolski out, as he was still eligible to play for Poland. Janas ignored the request stating in one of the press interviews that "as for today we have much better strikers in Poland and I don't see a reason to call up a player just because he played one or two good matches in the Bundesliga. He's not even a regular starter at his club." By that time Podolski was still interested in representing Poland, but as the season progressed German media increasingly highlighted his performances to suggest he should be called up to the German national team. When his full potential was finally unveiled, he had already decided to represent Germany. At the end of the season Köln were relegated, but Podolski impressed so much, that he held his debut for Rudi Völler's Germany on 6 June 2004, at age 19, in Kaiserslautern against Hungary with a late substitute appearance. He had become the first second-division player since 1975 to break into the national team.



Club career:

1.FC Köln
Podolski began playing football at the age of six in the youth team of FC Bergheim, where he played until he joined 1. FC Köln in 1995. It was there that Podolski's talents were first noticed. In 2003, at the age of 18, Podolski was still part of the club's youth side. At this time the club found itself in dire straits battling to avoid relegation from the Bundesliga. First team boss Marcel Koller, working on a shoestring budget, invited Podolski to train with the senior players and he made his top flight debut shortly afterwards on 22 November 2003. Even though Köln failed to avoid a drop to the 2nd division, Podolski had shown what he could do, scoring 10 goals in his first 19 senior appearances. This was the best tally by an 18-year-old in the history of the Bundesliga.

FC Bayern Munich [edit]

In 2006, clubs such as Liverpool, Bayern Munich, Hamburg, Werder Bremen, and Real Madrid manifested their interest in Podolski, even though he had a contract with 1. FC Köln through 2007. On 1 June 2006, Podolski announced that a transfer agreement had been reached with Bayern Munich, allowing him to join the Bavarian side for the 2006–07 season. Financial details of the deal were not immediately available, but the transfer fee was speculated to be around €10 million. He made his Bundesliga debut for Bayern on 11 August 2006 with a 2–0 victory against Borussia Dortmund, coming on as a substitute in the 88th minute. On 9 September 2006, he came on as a second half substitute in a DFB cup game versus FC St. Pauli. Only 26 seconds after the second half started, he scored the equaliser, evening the match 1–1.

Arsenal [edit]

Podolski on his Premier League debut against Sunderland
Podolski was linked with Premier League club Arsenal throughout the 2012 winter transfer window but no deal materialised. However, on 30 April 2012, it was officially announced that Podolski had signed for Arsenal on a long-term deal, for an undisclosed fee.[23] On 12 August 2012, Podolski started for Arsenal in a pre-season match against his former club, Köln, scoring twice, once from a penalty in a 4–0 victory.[24] Podolski took the number 9 from Park Chu-Young, who had been loaned out to Celta Vigo, after the number 10 shirt vacated by Robin van Persie was given to Jack Wilshere.




Links:

http://www.express.co.uk/sport/foot...i-refuses-to-dampen-down-Juventus-speculation

http://www.givemefootball.com/346720-arsenal-star-happy-but-honoured-by-juventus-interest

http://forzaitalianfootball.com/2013/05/arsenal-striker-opens-door-for-juventus-move/
 

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